adverbialize
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ad·ver·bi·al·ize
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also British adverbialise \ (ˈ)ad-¦vər-bē-ə-ˌlīz 
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\adverbialized; adverbializing; adverbializes
Definition of adverbialize
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: to create an adverb from (an adjective, a noun, etc.) As noted earlier … Roumanian does not adverbialize adjectives in the lexicon, but instead simply uses adjectivals freely in modifier function …— Frederick Browning Agard, A Course in Romance Linguistics, 1984
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adverbialization also British adverbialisation \ (ˈ)ad-¦vər-bē-ə-lə-¦zā-shən , -ˌlī-¦zā- \ noun
, -ˌlī-¦zā- \ noun
The accusative case was the primary case used for adverbialization of nouns … — Roger D. Woodard, The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, 2008
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The first known use of adverbialize was in 1804
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